While Gov. Cuomo has brought about significant changes in New York following the New York Times “Unvarnished” series on nail salon worker exploitation, including a push for new legislation, an inspection task force, and a public education campaign requiring salons to post a “manicurist’s bill of rights,” nail salons…

Hot Girls Wanted, the newish documentary produced by actress Rashida Jones, is making headlines and earning some rave reviews—as well as getting panned by people in the adult industry and advocates for sex workers—for its depiction of one tiny sliver of the wide world of porn, a fly-by-night talent agency called…

Terry Richardson's full letter denying the sexual harassment claims against him is now online, both at Page Six and on theHuffington Post under his byline. In the letter, Richardson doesn't actually say exactly what he's been accused of, but he does compare the sexual imagery in his work to that of Robert…

The recent series of disasters in Bangladeshi garment factories over the past several years perhaps got its most alarming and high-profile installment last November when a factory fire at Tazreen Fashions Ltd. — a supplier for Wal-Mart — killed 124 workers and left many observers dazed at the casual supply-chain evils…

The ongoing civil war in Syria is being felt beyond the Syrian borders. In neighboring countries like Iraq, Syrian fighting can be felt most acutely in the strain of hosting thousands of refugees. In Israel, the threat of a broader conflict transcending Syria’s borders looms large. Syrian conflict, however, isn’t…

You know what there's not enough of? Temporary Coheed and Cambria tats on dudes' upper thighs. I know: it's something that we've been missing. You've actively been wondering where they are. But we might be headed there, thanks to this AWESOME new development.

Anyone who watches the Walking Dead with only a dilettante's diligence might not know that (SPOILER MINEFIELD AHEAD) Episode 7 of the third season contained a pretty nasty surprise: a threatened rape. The recap, via Rolling Stone's Beth Schwartz:

It seems pretty clear from this animal's deflated expression that spinning is pretty low on its list of favorite things to do, maybe right above "be dressed up in sports jerseys by master" and "vacuum cleaner wrestling." The DJ looks to have his fingers firmly in his dog's armpit, so all the poor thing is really…

Fleshbot editor [link NSFW] Lux Alptraum has a new piece in BlackBook about the renewed debate surrounding condoms in the porn industry. She says performers don't use them because viewers simply don't want to see them.

France's Eram has launched a series of ads featuring ostriches and a naked guy with a tagline that translates to, "no women's bodies were exploited in this ad." Judge after the jump. [Feminist Law Professors]